Detectives Byrne and Balzano return to the streets of Philadelphia to put an end to a macabre succession of murdered childrenA quiet Philadelphia suburb A woman cycles past a train depot with her young daughter There she finds a murdered girl posed on a newly painted bench Beside her is a formal invitation to a tea dance in a weeks timeSeven days later two more young victims are discovered in an abandoned house posed on painted swings At the scene is an identical invitation This time though there is something extra waiting for Detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano a delicate porcelain doll Its a message And a threat With the killers at large Detectives Byrne and Balzano have just seven more days to find the link between the murders before another innocent child is snatched from the streets.
